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ELEMENTS OF MODELLING THE URBAN SPACE
4  Transformation of land use/ Speculation in land
 Csaba Deák
                   04 March 4


 
 
 
 
 
 

3  Intensity of LU5  Saturation model

Pattern of growth/ transformation of LU  through the urban area 
Individual changes not independent
General trends of transformation
Obsolescence of urban areas
Obsolescence: > 'transition zones'
Field for 'developers'
Movements of prices: allow speculation
Bets on movements
Manipulation and power play
   lawful and unlawful > speculation bête noir
   room for manoeuver: as allowed by the State
Emergence of urban planning
Anarchic growth of urban agglomerations (Hugo, Dickens)
Intensive stage of development
Planning in elite societies
State weakened

 
 

Bibliography.


Deák (1985) Chap 8: "The price of location and spatial organization" Section 8.3, p.211ss.

Movements of transformation of land use and 'zones of transition' (urban obsolescence)